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English7B U3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antonym | a word that means the opposite of another word |
| autobiography | the story of a person's life written by that person |
| chronological order | organizational pattern in which details are arranged in the order they occur |
| cognates | A cognate is two or more words in different languages that share a common origin. |
| conflict | a clash or struggle between people, ideas, or feelings; characters can have a conflict within themselves, with another character, with society, or with nature |
| dialogue | a conversation between characters |
| dialogue tags | the words used to identify speakers and describe how they speak or spoke |
| diary | a book kept for recording life events and private thoughts and feelings |
| first-person point of view | narration of a story by one of the characters, using the first-person pronouns I and me |
| flashback | a narrative technique that allows authors to introduce past events that have a direct impact on a story´s present |
| freewriting | a prewriting technique in which the writer selects a topic and writes as much as possible about the topic within a set time limit |
| humble | simple, basic |
| image | a picture evoked from the words in a piece of writing |
| imagery | language that creates a mental picture by appealing to the senses, that makes readers see, hear, smell, taste, or feel things in their imagination; for example, "the coal-black night," "the stinging cold," "the rapping and tapping of rain on the roof" |
| memoir | a narrative composed from personal experience |
| mood | the emotions or feelings that are conveyed in a literary work |
| narrative pacing | The pace at which a narrative flows, which may change based on techniques used by the writer. |
| pattern of organization | the order by which details are arranged |
| personal narrative | an essay about a personal experience of the writer |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| purpose | the reason for writing |
| resolution | the solution or working out of a literary conflict |
| setting | where and when a literary work takes place |
| sufficient | adequate, enough |
| synonym | a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word |
| tone | the author or speaker´s attitude toward the audience or subject matter |
| transition | a word, phrase, or clause that connects ideas |
| voice | the way a piece of writing sounds |
| writer's craft | the techniques a writer uses and the decisions a writer makes to develop an essay |